Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
81 
17 
2 
18 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
3,507 
7,542 
6,396 
5,004 
3,371 
4,869 
number 
168,758 
209,945 
101,861 
53,316 
25,484 
44,828 
Beef cows 
farms 
3,479 
7,529 
6,377 
4,970 
3,326 
4,800 
number 
168,254 
209,708 
101,650 
53,075 
25,307 
44,566 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
147 
600 
1,630 
2,668 
2,464 
3,190 
10 to 49 
1,802 
6,257 
4,665 
2,280 
848 
1,576 
50 to 99 
1,338 
626 
79 
22 
13 
32 
100 to 199 
185 
39 
3 
- 
1 
2 
200 to 499 
7 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
77 
84 
74 
98 
88 
140 
number 
504 
237 
211 
241 
177 
262 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
54 
80 
73 
98 
88 
140 
10 to 49 
23 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
3,526 
7,210 
5,934 
4,470 
3,061 
4,707 
number 
142,758 
165,544 
75,783 
42,166 
23,335 
52,976 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
3,840 
8,177 
7,009 
5,470 
3,512 
951 
number 
157,758 
173,503 
74,748 
32,280 
10,869 
1,405 
$1,000 
113,442 
117,066 
45,977 
18,395 
5,692 
659 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
2,043 
4,783 
4,155 
3,011 
1,710 
454 
number 
42,605 
55,424 
29,073 
13,763 
5,085 
756 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
3,663 
7,731 
6,252 
4,555 
2,575 
554 
number 
115,153 
118,079 
45,675 
18,517 
5,784 
649 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
13 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
236 
255 
" 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
86 
139 
197 
191 
213 
300 
number 
1,223 
2,084 
2,331 
2,102 
1,862 
1,733 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
73 
116 
171 
168 
195 
291 
25 to 49 
7 
15 
18 
17 
17 
9 
50 to 99 
6 
6 
8 
3 
1 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
41 
75 
104 
96 
101 
147 
number 
339 
506 
376 
391 
361 
486 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
71 
124 
166 
166 
197 
245 
number 
884 
1,578 
1,955 
1,711 
1,501 
1,247 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
60 
108 
139 
128 
139 
100 
number 
1,826 
2,310 
2,494 
1,475 
1,294 
520 
$1,000 
197 
262 
229 
138 
131 
36 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
104 
219 
192 
206 
227 
397 
number 
6,894 
8,145 
5,571 
4,703 
4,139 
4,526 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
89 
168 
142 
149 
158 
260 
number 
3,390 
4,824 
2,957 
2,779 
2,075 
2,112 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
91 
158 
140 
159 
166 
129 
number 
4,260 
5,225 
2,975 
2,388 
1,510 
579 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
866 
1,820 
1,905 
1,890 
2,405 
6,298 
number 
6,022 
11,911 
10,294 
10,138 
12,177 
38,082 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
835 
1,739 
1,807 
1,813 
2,297 
6,039 
number 
5,479 
10,633 
9,223 
8,976 
11,172 
33,192 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
244 
511 
587 
623 
792 
358 
number 
1,262 
2,011 
1,751 
1,467 
1,517 
452 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
186 
460 
569 
686 
1,019 
1,835 
number 
6,392 
13,008 
14,967 
12,679 
16,701 
21,954 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
120 
308 
404 
492 
732 
622 
number 
4,051 
7,154 
7,218 
7,086 
8,306 
3,351 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
327 
707 
882 
945 
1,296 
2,058 
number 
8,249 
24,195 
23,220 
24,946 
31,214 
31,974 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
327 
699 
882 
945 
1,296 
2,058 
400 to 3,199 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
57 
106 
139 
170 
233 
258 
number 
1,302 
3,245 
2,661 
4,107 
4,171 
4,057 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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